Udinese is preparing to welcome Patrick Vieira’s Genoa to the Bluenergy StadiumSunday at 12.30. At the press conference, the Friulian coach Kosta Runjaic he spoke thus of the opponents: “We are focused these days on Genoa, there are several elements that are still unknown given the change on the bench. They are playing from the bottom and therefore both we and they would like to build from the bottom, we know their strengths, they have guys with good qualities, they have good players in their squad and it won’t be easy to win. I expect that Genoa, now that Vieira has been here for a few days, will have improved. We will see what their form is, but we must focus above all on what we have to do, obviously we analyze the details of the opponent but we have to think above all about ourselves.”
The match against Genoa is doubly important, a less than positive result can also bring anxiety:
“It was important to get a point after three defeats, on a psychological level it is important, when you work so hard it is important to score points, unfortunately in Bergamo we almost didn’t succeed. Against Genoa it will be important to score points and if we have found them the Empoli point will be even more important. On many points of growth we are stable, on others we need to improve, we have conceded very similar goals, we have conceded only one goal less than last year, but in terms of offensive numbers we are not improving in a crisis scenario, we are far from it, however I’m not satisfied with the number of points collected, I know that in the end what matters is the ranking, the situation doesn’t allow us to experience the match in peace, but we have the strength necessary to beat any opponent. A change of coach can give energy to the team Genoa, but we must follow our path, we are convinced of this.”
Read Kosta Runjaic’s full press conference here